Ink-well and pen-rack.



F. A. CHALMERS.

INK WELL AND PEN RACK.

'(Afplicazion med Avr. 19, 189s.)

Patented May l, |900.

WILz/etrcrea:

WM- I www STATES UNITED FRAN K A.

oimmrnns, or VINELAND, New Jnnsnr.

INK-WELL AND PEN-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 648,896, dated May 1, 1900. Application tiled April 19,1898, Serial No. 678,147. (No model.)

ments are, irst, to provide an automaticallyoperated stopper or cover for the ink-well which will prevent evaporation of the ink and exclude dust from the interior of the well at all times when the penis not in use and is in itsk position 'in the rack; second, to utilize the force exerted by placing the pen in the rack to coverthe well and by taking the pen from the rack to uncover it, and,third, to bring about this automatic action of the cover or stopper without any motion or 'conscious exertion-on the part of the user of the pen other than that of placing the pen in or taking it from the rack. I attain thesey objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure l is a side view of the complete stand, dotted lines showing position of cover and carrier when pen is removed from rack. Fig. 2 is a side View of the cover and carrier, including the bearing for pivot, dse. Fig. is a back view of the rear spring of the penrack, showing cleats for carrier pivot and sprin g which holds the cover up when the pen is removed from rack.

Whenever the word pen is used in this Specification, the holder and pen complete is meant.

The same letters refer to the saine part-s in the different views.

A is the base, which may be of wood or stamped metal and to which the ink-reservoir vI3 is secured, preferably by a lower extension of the reservoir. 'lhe'spring-standards E and F are made of spring sheet metal. Their lower ends are bent at right angles and -secured to the base by screws or rivets. The upper portion of these springs is divided into three strips of equal width by cutting slots well down toward the base. The middle strip thus formed is cut away in the front spring-standard F, leaving a wide slot in which vthe U-shaped lever D, carrying the tion of the carrier is fastened, by means of:

the cleat L, the pivot M, the ends of theysaid pivot turning in the cleats Il H, thus forming afulcrumforthecarrier. lllade'integralwith the cleat L is the projection K, on which the spring Gacts, which action tends to keep the cover either in a tightly-closed position when the pen is in the rack or holds it open when the pen is removed. The bolt .l clamps the spring-standards together at J or J', which allows adjustment l'or different-sized penholders. lVhen the pen is placed between the spring-standards and pressed downward, it also enters the U-shaped portion 0E the carrier and bears against the lower and longer arm, thereby forcing the cover -on the well, and when the pen is taken from the rack it bears up against the short arm and pulls the cover off the reservoir.

I am aware that prior to my invention patents have been granted for ink-wells and penracks so combined as to automatically remove and replace the cover; but such devices have hitherto relied upon the weight of a pen or delicatelyadjusted springs to attain the desired result, and it is obvious that such de- 4vices would not be as positive in action as hook at its pivoted end, and moving verti-y cally in the slot inthe spring-standard F and ICO carrying the cover C of the reservoir substan 'tinlly as set forth.

2. In an inkstand, the combination of the reservoir B, the base A, the spring-standards E, F, and the arm D, carrying the cover C and having an arm K, the spring G formed reservoir B, the base A, and the spring-standards E, F ,provided with a; piuralty of boitholes, the bolt J for clamping standards E and F together,thus varying the acting-,length and consequently the power of the spring-standards, in order to accommodate diIex-ent sizes of penhoders, as set forth for the purpose specified.

`15E-A. CIIALMERS. Witnesses:

W. C. MCMAH'AN, J. E. ADAMS.' 

